Weeks Campaign On Luzon Ends In Heavy Japanese Losses
American forces report heavy losses for the Japanese during the Luzon campaign. By mid January U S troops closed on Clark Field with airstrip control as American and Allied units advance. The Osaka bombing and Luzon fighting combine to depict a rising casualty toll.
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Luzon
Eneral MacArthur
Arters
Ith
Army Corps
Clark
Associated Press
Osaka
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications
Submarine Love Whale Seized by Wartime Censorship
Jan 25 TTSE report notes wartime records may omit a line about a love making whale seen by Lt Gilson and Rohrbach. Officials cite security rules while Rohrbach hints at a “strong experience” from a sea encounter noted in a continuing page two item.
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TTSE
Gilsonck
Rohrbach
Teen-Aged Mother Regains Child Under Florida Court Order
Miami January 25 A week after a teen Navy wife gave up her first child the 16 day old daughter was ordered returned to Mrs Ada Forren 18 of Miami by Judge Richard H Hunt The mother had intended adoption due to money and support concerns but reversed decision after court remarks.
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Miami
Fla
Circuit Court
Richard H. Hunt
Ada Forren
248 Are Dead As Result Of Ship Sinking
Washington reports a U S troop ship carrying over 2200 soldiers was sunk by enemy action in European waters with 248 dead and 517 missing. More than 1400 survivors were saved. Total armed forces casualties since Pearl Harbor now 701,950.
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Washington
Jan
Stimson
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Army
Department
Stilwell Named Successor To Lear In Army Command
War Secretary Stimson announced Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell will command the army ground forces replacing Lt. Gen. Ben Lear. Lear becomes deputy commander in the European theater and handles administrative duties for American troops. Stilwell will assume his post immediately in Washington.
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Washington
Stimson
Joseph W. Stilwell
Army
Ben Lear
Lear
Stilwell
Roosevelt nominated to brigadier general in army air forces
President Roosevelt proposes Col Elliott Roosevelt aged 34 for brigadier general in the army air forces. The nomination faces Senate Military Committee scrutiny amid controversy over air priority rules after a dog named Blaze was given flight priority over three servicemen.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt
Army Air Forces
Senate
Army
Senate Military Committee
Col
England
Blaze
Bynes
Faye Emerson
Hollywood
Final Battle For Alsace Driving Allied Push Across Front
German forces reopen a desperate offensive in northern Alsace as the Allies press in the Roer area and Ardennes. British Second Army nears the Roer behind Siegfried line, while the 7th and First Armies push toward the Reich frontier and several towns fall near Dusseldorf and Roermond amid heavy losses on both sides.
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RAF
Ardennes
Dusseldorf
Hannover
Rusfront
Paris
Alsace
Supreme Headquarters
France
Haguenau
Vosges
Moder
Reich
Roer
Germany
First Army
Wallenrode
Ambieve
St. Vith
Roer River
U. S. Ninth Army
Linnich
Linne
Roermond
Seventh Army
Robert C. Sison
7Th Army
Karlsruhe
Strasbourg
Wallace Proposes Probe of RFC Lending by Jesse Jones
Wallace calls for a congressional investigation into Reconstruction Finance Corporation lending under Jesse Jones. He argues the issue is control by small and large businesses and pledges to use RFC powers to aid all American firms if confirmed as secretary of commerce.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
RFC
Jesse Jones
Jones
Commerce
Wallace
America
Roosevelt
Senate Commerce Committee
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Commerce Department
Frank
Mrs. Lambeth Passes In Thomasville
Mrs. Ella Arnold Lambeth, 87, longtime Thomasville resident and prominent family member, died at her home after several weeks illness. Born in Randolph County March 29, 1857, she was the daughter of the late Penney Arnold and Priscilla Kearns.
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Thomasville
Ella Arnold Lambeth
Randolph County
Penne) Arnold
Priscilla Kearns
Measure Puts Cabs Under Utilities Body
A North Carolina bill would place taxicab firms under the state utilities commission. Operators must obtain franchises, carry insurance or bonds, and prove character with public hearings. Franchises expire in five years and 60 day petition action is required or void. Similar measures exist in the Senate.
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Raleigh
State Utilities Commission
Hatch
Wake
Caveness
Guilford
Wallace
Lenoir
Commission
Finance Committee
Senate
Carlyle
Forsyth and
Currie
Durham
Jenkins
Bertie
Producers Hold Right To Draft Cotton Program
A committee of producers at Memphis held the power to draft a national cotton program for the National Cotton Council. The plan will be drawn for the board of directors, then voted on by council delegates before submission to Congress. Led by R. E. Short of Brinkley Ark the Arkansas farm bureau federation president, the panel was authorized in a recent council resolution.
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Memphis
National Cotton Council
Congress
Board of Directors
Council
R. E. Short
Brinkley, Ark
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation
Coun
Yugoslavia’s King Peter Faces Dueling Governments and Regency Wall
Dewitt Mackenzie reports that Yugoslavia stands between two governments, Tito's Moscow-backed regime and Lubasic’s London exile government. Peter seeks a compromise, but observers expect a coalition with Tito and Lubasic to prevail, while a plebiscite will likely decide the monarchy’s fate. Prince Paul’s regency past and anti Soviet stance compound the monarchy’s fragility.
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Split
Marshal Tito
Moscow
Yugoslavia
London
Lubasic
Peter
Subasic
Tito
Grew
Subash
Belgrade
Senators Hoey and Johnston Back UN Peace Plan
Freshman Senators Clyde R. Hoey and Olin D. Johnston joined 16 new members supporting a postwar international security group. Hoey urged a world tribunal to settle disputes and sustain peace, warning the Senate not to repeat Wilson era failures. Johnston warned that public apathy after victory could jeopardize peace and the nation’s future.
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Hoey
Johnston
Washington
Carolina
Clyde R. Hoey
D-Nc
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
United Nations Organization
Senate
Roosevelt
Wilson
Red Army Breaks Oder Line Seizes Gleiwitz and Breslau
Soviet forces shattered the Oder line in southeast Germany advancing toward Berlin while capturing Gleiwitz and Breslau. Moscow reports say East Prussia is cut off and Elbing fell as Konev’s forces move westward from the Oder toward Bohemia.
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East Prussia
Red
Moscow
Associated Press
London
Red Army
Oder
Germany
Berlin
Konigsberg
Gleiwitz
Paeneeus
Krakow
Poland
Gleiwtz
Breslau
Elbing
Gulf
Danzig
Silesia
Reich
Ivan Konev
Konev
Bohemia
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Fla. Court
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Mrs. Lambeth
Dewitt Mackenzie
Balkans
Paul
Soviet
Reds
Oder River
Prague
Moscow Radio
Czechoslovakia
Slovakia
Gestapo
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